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Journal of Banking & Finance Vol. 37 No. 12 2013

Long-term bank balance sheet management: Estimation and simulation of risk-factors

John R. Birge1; Pedro Júdice2

1 University of Chicago · 2 Banco Montepio (Portugal)

Abstract

We propose a dynamic framework which encompasses the main risks in balance sheets of banks in an integrated fashion. Our contributions are fourfold: (1) solving a simple one-period model that describes the optimal bank policy under credit risk; (2) estimating the long-term stochastic processes underlying the risk factors in the balance sheet, taking into account the credit and interest rate cycles; (3) simulating several scenarios for interest rates and charge-offs; and (4) describing the equations that govern the evolution of the balance sheet in the long run. The models that we use address momentum and the interaction between different rates. Our results enable simulation of bank balance sheets over time given a bank’s lending strategy and provides a basis for an optimization model to determine bank asset–liability management strategy endogenously.

DOI
10.1016/j.jbankfin.2013.07.040
Volume
37
Issue
12
Pages
4711-4720
Language
en
Sources
openalex crossref bibtex:phds-export.bib

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